Overheating Information

[tpthibodaux]

Thanks for the information, I to had been playing with the Red Zone on my YM-2000, It would get to about 220 and I would have to back it off to prevent over heating. I checked into getting my Raditor flushed and Punched out, doing the cost comparision I decided to buy a new Radiator. Now I can use my 5' Bush Hog in the South Louisiana heat and it doesn't get over 190, At this time I have the coolant at 50/50, I will change it to 30/70 and see if it even gets better.

 

[speedy2]

LMTC, What kind of thermometor do you use to check the tempture of the various parts such as the block, head and radiator? And where can a man buy one?

 

[clemsonfor]

LMTC, What kind of thermometor do you use to check the tempture of the various parts such as the block, head and radiator? And where can a man buy one?

Good luck getting a response out of him. He left in a rage over a year ago i think. You may be able to PM him but a quick check of his website says he now charges for consultation and he dosent even give repair advice.

Anyway on to your question. You want an infrared thermometer. Google it or look on amazon or ebay. One can be had at harbor freight tools for less than $20 on sale. Its a point and shoot type thing.

 

[California]

You want an infrared thermometer. Google it or look on amazon or ebay. One can be had at harbor freight tools for less than $20 on sale. Its a point and shoot type thing.

I have one, and check occasionally.

LMTC (first post above) shows the values you should find. My results have always been lower than his; I'm probably not working my tractors as hard as he is.

 

[YanmarFever]

Good luck getting a response out of him. He left in a rage over a year ago i think. You may be able to PM him but a quick check of his website says he now charges for consultation and he dosent even give repair advice.

Ahhhhh... my version is that Wayne was tired of the harassment from a few TBN members, and with his health problems it was hard to tolerate. He had a lot on his plate, plus he was a hard worker.

Our phone rings a minimum 20x a day with people asking for free advice from all over the U.S and it DOES eat a lot of your time, so I can see his point. Heck ! Half the callers don't even know the model# of their Yanmar or how many cylinders it has.

But like I tell everyone, some people do drugs, but we do Yanmars soooo.... my advice is free
If you love what you do, how can you call it work ?
Back on my head.
Ernie

 

[clemsonfor]

Ernie i was just referring to the final post i read that basically said something along the order of im tired of this and this will be my last post here. It to me sounded like he was mad, and in a rage from TBN posters yes. I dont want this to lead to another argument or anything im just pointing it out so the guy dosent wait for this 1 guy to respond who wont. I understand about the countless clueless calls. Even if all you do is refer them to this site you have to still answer and spell it out for them.

 

[YanmarFever]

I dont want this to lead to another argument or anything im just pointing it out so the guy dosent wait for this 1 guy to respond who wont. I understand about the countless clueless calls. Even if all you do is refer them to this site you have to still answer and spell it out for them.

DITTO !!

 

[clemsonfor]

Yep California showed the same thermometer i got. I think i paid like 12.99 on sale? Does that sound right Cali?

 

[BurningBushFarm]

The infra red thremometers are currently $20 at Harbor Freight.

Invaluable for those of us without gauges.

We were able to fix the over heating threat we had back in February (!) oin our tractor. Multiple back flushes (that brown water is the pits), a 70/30 mix and the water wetter (Redline or something) that someone recommended in my overheating thread. Kept screen clean. And eventually ran out of 3-4' broomsage to mow, so that helped too. :laughing:

All good here now.

 

[Car Doc]

I appreciate someone like Wayne providing this info since we are basically on our own.

I will add one thing and it will vary by zone but 30% wont work were I am we need 50% to get the -25 or so we can see and it also provides a higher boiling point.

My 3810D for instance I know the cooling system and engine as well as I know the key board I am typing on now for reasons a few Yanmar guys here are familiar with.

Anyway it has add on gages for obvious reasons plus I like gages and a 160 thermostat. For instance after tilling a 1 acre garden with my 6' KK2 or mowing my 2 acres here at the shop on a 100 degree day it will hit 225-230 and never boil a drop over into the bottle other the the same amount it normally moves back and forth so I am calling that "normal".

I dont like it at all I hate to run anything on the edge of cooling ability and I plan on having a 3 or 4 core radiator built sooner or later probably this winter but work is work I didn't buy it to look at it fwtw.

For now I honestly dont think I have anything to worry about other than it is on the edge of its capacity to transfer the amount of heat I make it produce.

So to push it like I do I realize I need to augment the cooling capacity of what I believe is a moderately under built system to start with and I also realize these were not designed to be worked as hard as we work them. my 2c